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Jessie Redmon Fauset: Biology transcends society....

Jessie Redmon Fauset: Biology transcends society....

Biology transcends society.

Source: The Chinaberry Tree, 1913.
-- Jessie Redmon...

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Anne Spencer: I proudly love...

Anne Spencer: I proudly love...

I proudly love being a Negro woman -- it's so involved and interesting.

Source:...

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Anne Spencer: It is dangerous...

Anne Spencer: It is dangerous...

It is dangerous for a woman to defy the gods;
To taunt them with the tongue's thin tip,
Or strut in the weakness...

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Susan Griffin: I am not...

Susan Griffin: I am not...

I am not so different in my history of abandonment from anyone else after all. We have all been split away from the...

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Diane Ackerman: There is no...

Diane Ackerman: There is no...

There is no way in which to understand the world without first detecting it through the radar-net of our...

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Jane Fonda: When you can't...

Jane Fonda: When you can't...

When you can't remember why you're hurt, that's when you're healed.

Source: In The...

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Shirley Jones: Well, television is...

Shirley Jones: Well, television is...

Well, television is what it is. Let's face it. I had done 25 motion pictures prior to The Partridge Family and nobody...

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Virginia Graham: It is not...

Virginia Graham: It is not...

It is not done to let anybody be too happy. The moment two people seem to be enjoying one another's company, a good...

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Camille Paglia: Television is actually...

Camille Paglia: Television is actually...

Television is actually closer to reality than anything in books. The madness of TV is the madness of human...

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Yoko Ono: I saw that...

Yoko Ono: I saw that...

I saw that nothing was permanent. You don't want to possess anything that is dear to you because you might lose...

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Elayne Boosler: When the sun...

Elayne Boosler: When the sun...

When the sun comes up, I have morals again.

Source: From an Internet collection of...

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Jackie Moms Mabley: Life is like...

Jackie Moms Mabley: Life is like...

Life is like a game of poker: If you don't put any in the pot, there won't be any to take...

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Patti Smith: Those who have...

Patti Smith: Those who have...

Those who have suffered understand suffering and therefore extend their hand.

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Fannie Hurst: Some people think...

Fannie Hurst: Some people think...

Some people think they are worth a lot of money just because they have it.

Source:...

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Billie Holiday: Somebody once said...

Billie Holiday: Somebody once said...

Somebody once said we never know what is enough until we know what's more than enough.

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Linda Ronstadt: The thing you...

Linda Ronstadt: The thing you...

The thing you have to be prepared for is that other people don't always dream your dream.

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Janis Joplin: You got to...

Janis Joplin: You got to...

You got to get it while you can. . .

Source: Get It While You Can.
-- Janis...

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Ruth Etting: Things might have...

Ruth Etting: Things might have...

Things might have been so different
Right form the very start,
But you only wanted kisses
lips without any...

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Marie Lloyd: My old man...

Marie Lloyd: My old man...

My old man said, `Follow the van, Don't dilly-dally on the way!'
But I dillied and dallied, dallied and...

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Doris Day: The really frightening...

Doris Day: The really frightening...

The really frightening thing about middle age is the knowledge that you'll grow out of it.

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